Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1871 census)
Grand Falls was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,849. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5594542. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.909°N, 67.672°W.
Population
In 1871, Grand Falls had a population of 1,849: 970 male and 879 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Grand Falls, 1881 (43.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Grand Falls shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,849 total population, 970 males, 879 females, 552 married persons, 315 families, 276 married females, 276 married males, 44 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,253 single persons under 18, 681 single males under 18, 572 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 297 occupied houses, 291 inhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 6 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 442,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB181004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB181004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5594542
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Falls_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Grand-Sault
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/grand-falls-nb181004-1871/.